money,' yet, alas! I took no delight in it, I received no benefit from it: fo fadly and uneafy, discontented,turbulent spirits marr the fatisfaction of all our world.. ly advantages, making them in point of enjoyment as though we had them not; whereas if we have the contrary temper, it would produce the contrary effect: we fhould not only poffefs but enjoy; we should not only eat but tafte; we fhould rejoice in the things that are our own, and perhaps in thofe that are anothers; we fhould be the real (though perhaps others might be the titular) inheritors of the earth: let us fay therefore to the LORD, Evermore give us this:

happy difpofition.

At length there

came a little mafter to be my compani

on; his mamma led him to the coach, though it was wet above and dirty below, and here was a moving fight indeed; the concern which the tender mother expreffed for the poor little traveller struck me not a little; how did the befeech the. LORD GOD ALMIGHTY to bless him and be his fafeguard! How did fhe intreat me to take care of him, and to do. what I could for his welfare! Indulgent woman! She need not have told me her. mind, or the defire of her foul; her eyes, her accent, and the earneftness of her. gefture fpoke it fufficiently. This sug

gested to me that comfortable scripture, LIKE AS A FATHER PITIETH HIS

OWN CHILDREN, EVEN SO IS THE LORD MERCIFUL UNTO THEM THAT FEAR HIM. If a parent fo lo veth the fruit of her womb, how much more does our SAVIOUR love the redeemed of his blood? May this occurrence ftrengthen my faith as long as F live!I intended, MADAM, to have troubled you with a full account of my journey, and all remarkable or useful circumftances that attended it; but I find my defire was extravagant and unweildy, not to be executed within the decent

bounds of a modeft epiftle, therefore I

am obliged to defift, and fhall only add a repetition of my thankful acknowledg

ments for the many favours I have received at your hofpitable house; I recommend you to the protection and fa

vour of Heaven, and am,

LETTER III.

DUMMER, April 15th, 1737

GOOD MADAM,.

U know this day was fe'night

You

was remarkable for the moft fur

prifing tranfaction that ever the world faw; a tranfaction fo full of wonders, that my ears feem to tingle at the late relation of it; the King of glory put to fhame, the Lord of life flain, the Prince of princes crucified; He whom angels praise and adore, covered with contempt; He whom the Heaven of Heavens can